"Who was it?" Sirius asked as the door slammed.

"Probably some nosey first year, coming to see the awesomeness of the Marauder's dorm," James replied, uncaring. Sirius, however, was unconvinced. He walked over to the door. Upon reaching it, it became evident that the person was no first year. There were two small scratches in the door, from how hard the person had gripped the door in their haste to slam it shut.

Opening the door, Sirius hurried down the stairs, just in time to see the retreating figure of;

"Moony?"

"Remus?" James said, he too had come down the stairs when Sirius had.

"What's wrong with him?" James went on. Sirius, however, had paled. "What's wrong with you?" James went on, looking back and forth between Sirius and the spot in which Remus had been a moment earlier.

"How long was he stood there?" Sirius asked agitatedly.

"I don't know, why? What is it?" James asked, his confusion growing. Ignoring him, Sirius exited the common room and rushed after Remus, knowing very well where he would have gone.

"Wait!" James called, rushing after Sirius. "Can you just tell me what's going on?" James demanded, taking hold of Sirius' arm and pulling him to a stop. James listened hard, between Sirius' now panting styled breaths, as he told James;

"He would...have thought...we were talking...about him," Sirius finished, breaking free of James' grasp.

"I don't get it," James said, "We were talking about him". Sirius spun around to say;

"He thinks that the things I were saying, were my thoughts. Like, it was my opinion." And then Sirius broke into a run as he headed to the library.

"Oh." James stood motionless for a moment before realising Sirius had gone, and he, too, rushed to the library.

Upon reaching the library, ignoring the annoyed glare from Madam Pince, Sirius looked down each and every aisle with a quick glance each way. Catching up to Sirius, James almost bumped into him when he came to a stop at the end of an aisle.

"What?" James asked, righting himself.

Remus and Severus broke apart as the ominous shadow loomed down their aisle. Severus looked disgusted, seeing Sirius and James stood there. Remus, however, looked scared. He and Sirius looked at each other for a moment, before Sirius and James made their way down the aisle.

"It wasn't like that, Moony. I swear," Sirius began desperately, trying to ignore Severus' sneer.

Remus wanted to believe that that was true, but the words kept going over in his mind, 'he's just another dirty half breed'. Dirty. As though reading Remus' mind, Severus whispered, "You're beautiful."

"Shut it, Snivellus," James glared, and Severus glared back.

"Be quiet, James," Remus and Sirius said, simultaneously. Remus began a small smile to Sirius, before remembering what had happened, and he sighed.

"It wasn't like that," Sirius repeated. "I don't know how much you heard, but it wasn't about you," Remus had a sceptical expression, "Well, it was about you," Sirius corrected, "But it wasn't my opinion."

Everyone had grown confused.

"Start from the beginning, Padfoot," James suggested. Sirius made to sit down, but Remus looked agitated and afraid, and so Sirius remained standing, merely leaning against the shelves.

"We had been talking about the lesson...

As they made to exit the class, Sirius caught sight of Severus over by the other side of the room, slowly packing away his things before walking out of the class slow, watching Remus with an adoring smile on his face.

Severus flushed, "I'm warning you Black," he said menacingly, "Get to the point."

"Ssh," Remus said, waving a hand, "Go on, Sirius."

And so it made Sirius think of why Severus had to be attracted to Remus. 'My Moony' he thought. As Sirius laughter faded as they neared the common room, James questioned what was wrong. Sirius merely shook his head, deep in thought.

Once they reached their dorm, Sirius did not sit down, like James, but remained standing, pacing in front of the window.

"What does he see in Remus anyway?" Sirius asked. James raised an eyebrow.

"I mean," Sirius continued, "Remus is a Marauder, he's friends with you and me for crying out loud. Surely there are enough gays around Hogwarts, that Sniv doesn't have to take the one that I want."

Remaining quiet, James merely nodded. "After all, Sniv is a Slytherin. Shouldn't he just see Remus as the enemy?" Sirius continued. Then he gasped.

"What?" James asked, sounding only mildly interested.

"What if, Sniv only sees Remus as, like, a project. I mean," he went on, seeing James' blank look, "Snape likes the Dark Arts, right, so what if he just sees Remus as someone who can help him learn more about the supposedly Dark creatures?"

James wasn't sure, and it must have showed on his face, because Sirius said, "I mean, what else is Remus to Sniv? He's just another dirty half breed. The pure blooded Slytherin families wouldn't ever mix with something like that. It wouldn't-"

Sirius shrugged, knowing that Remus would know the rest.

"And then the door slammed shut," James pointed out, unnecessarily. Now, Severus looked annoyed. He had hoped that after this episode, Sirius and Remus would break apart, and Severus would have a chance. It was stupid to hope, he reminded himself, but that hadn't stopped him.

"I didn't realise..." Remus whispered. Severus frowned.

"Hold on a second. We're missing a point here, Rem. I would never call you that. Ever. No matter what," This time, it was Sirius' turn to snigger, "And," Severus went on, "I'm not even a pure blood."

"But you're definitely a Slytherin," James muttered.

"Well everyone knows that," Severus said, looking at James as though he was a child wasting his time.

"I mean, anyone else would have overlooked being called a pure blood, or whatever. But you felt the need to correct him. You're all the same; Slytherins. You only care about blood purity and the type of people that are, like, around..." he finished, no longer leaning on the shelves.

"That's ridiculous-"

"Meaning," James went on, ignoring Severus' interruption, "That what Sirius was saying, was right."

Severus rose from the floor, followed by Remus. "That's unfair."

"It may have escaped your notice, Snivellus, that life isn't fair. Our blessed Moony knows that better than anyone. Eh, Rem?" Remus nodded, a small smile on his face as he looked at Sirius.

"Now, what are-"

"OUT!" The librarian shouted, "This isn't a social room. Out! Out!" She ushered them out.

"You'd have better not gotten us banned, Sirius," Remus said, now grinning.